Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510183000781
Washington-Henry Elementary
9025 Washington Henry Drive, Mechanicsville, VA 23116 · (804) 723-2300 · Hanover County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
138 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 66%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
84.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 84.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Washington-Henry Elementary
Washington-Henry Elementary's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Henry Elementary this school | 386 | 35.8% | 76.8% |
| Margaret Beeks Elementary Blacksburg | 346 | 39.9% | 82.5% |
| Penn Forest Elementary Roanoke | 408 | 28.7% | 89.1% |
| Clearbrook Elementary Roanoke | 320 | 40.0% | 84.9% |
| West Salem Elementary Salem | 375 | 35.5% | 80.4% |
| Dare Elementary Yorktown | 399 | 37.8% | 82.9% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Washington-Henry Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hanover County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #401 of 1,101 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #280 of 1,111 ▲ 31 | #6 of 14 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #273 of 1,111 ▲ 122 | #6 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #846 of 1,176 | #12 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #317 of 1,105 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #711 of 1,106 | #6 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.8% | #890 of 1,157 | #10 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #570 of 759 | #8 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
386
+22 (+6%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 386 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 36% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 32 | 12.5:1 | 36% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 27% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 21 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 26.9 | 15.4:1 | 19% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 17% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 25 | 20.3:1 | 12% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 546 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 5% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 28 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington-Henry Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (414 to 386); teachers up 12% (26.9 to 30).
About Washington-Henry Elementary
Washington-Henry Elementary is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Mechanicsville, Virginia. It enrolls 386 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 23% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Virginia (about 499).
Hanover County Public Schools has 17,434 students in 24 schools, and Washington-Henry Elementary is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Washington-Henry Elementary is White: 67%. Enrollment also includes 10% Black, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. The school's White share is 15 points below the 82% share among Hanover County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. The school has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1. In all, 36% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Hanover County is close, at 34%.
Washington-Henry Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 51% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Washington-Henry Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 76.8%, compared with a predicted 78.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Hanover County, median household income comes to about $112,805, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 26, with about 17,434 students.
Atlee High, about 1.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Washington-Henry Elementary ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 364 (2020-21) to 386 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.9:1.
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Hanover County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,879
Census ACS
Median income
$112,805
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
17,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanover County Public Schools
- Atlee HighHigh · 1,470 students
- Hanover HighHigh · 1,349 students
- Patrick Henry HighHigh · 1,294 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Chickahominy MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Liberty MiddleMiddle · 910 students
Other schools in Mechanicsville
- Atlee HighHigh · 1,470 students
- Hanover HighHigh · 1,349 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Chickahominy MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Bell Creek MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- Oak Knoll MiddleMiddle · 862 students
Nearby schools
- Atlee High1.9 mi · 1,470
- Chickahominy Middle2.1 mi · 1,199
- Cool Spring Elementary2.2 mi · 852
- Pearson's Corner Elementary2.2 mi · 571
- Mechanicsville Elementary2.4 mi · 572
- L. Douglas Wilder Middle2.7 mi · 758
Frequently asked questions
About Washington-Henry ElementaryHow large is Washington-Henry Elementary?
Washington-Henry Elementary enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Washington-Henry Elementary serve?
Washington-Henry Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Washington-Henry Elementary?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Washington-Henry Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Washington-Henry Elementary?
Student demographics at Washington-Henry Elementary are roughly 67% White, 7% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Washington-Henry Elementary in?
Washington-Henry Elementary is part of Hanover County Public Schools.
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